Barris Collection Going To Auction.....

70 cars are going to be auctioned on the 14 may from Barris's personal collection at the Peterson Museum.
"These are mostly reserve cars because I have several duplicates in my 200-car collection," said Barris. "For example, we made 32 General Lees for The Dukes Of Hazzard and I have three. I have to pay high storage and insurance for the cars and its time to cut back some of the duplicates."

The auction will feature Ma and Pa Clampetts Jalopy from the Beverly Hillbillies and the Munster Koach built for the second series of the show. Also up for grabs is one of the KITT Trans-Am from Knight Rider, the Flintmobile, a 55 from American Graffiti, '58 Plymouth from Christine, a DeLorean from Back To The Future and six cars from The Fast and The Furious including the '68 Charger, plus many of Barris's show cars.
It was also hoped that the auction would include one of the original Batmobiles, but this has already been sold privately.

Here for the full list...

http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/publ...sContinent=EUR&screen=Catalogue&iSaleNo=13278

 

I saw something on that too, kinda hard to beleive, and to think i have no $$$$.....

 

the greased lightning is mine now! ehm ok not, never ever. but ok.

 

The "Black Beauty" my favorite of all TV cars is for sale, Man!

Joel

 

pricess seem kind of cheap for what the cars are.

 

Oh man If only i was 25-35,000 dollars richer, the Smokey and the Bandit Trans-Am woud be mine! I'm not even kidding!

 

The autioneers estimate and the actual price they go for are two very different values!

 

Why don’t the “master” kick down to his good buddy “germ tm”

 

I do not fully understand the details on the 55 chevy. It said it was used for the crash scene but later it says it was not wrecked. So was the third one rolled over and burned. Then why have a second. Why no so the original get squirelly and then have the third one roll over and burn

So did the second one (the one for sale) get used and if so for what purpose

 

You'd think a fancy big-name auction house selling well-known high-value items could do better research and proofreading.

 

Somebody is going to get hosed on that '55 Chev. That is the most bullsh*t tie-in to a movie that I've ever heard. They say it was towed for the crash scene, but it's lettered that it was driven by Harrison Ford.?????


Mutt

 

Quote from HRM, June 2005.

"The relationship apparently had not cooled off by 1975, by which time George had created the likes of the Batmobile, the Munster Coach, and the Black Beauty..."
That sentence implies that George built those Cars, right??

In about 3 minutes of Google research, you can read that the Batmobile was Built by Bill Cushenberry, and the Black Beauty was done by Dean Jeffries.

I would have expected a lot better research from Hot Rod Magazine...

 

Also take note of the wheel wells on the 55.

The #1 car

The #2 car (restored by Walt Bailey)

Plus a shot from the movie of the hardtop that burns.

 

$10,000 - $20,000 for a pos 4-door '61 impala?

$50,000 - $60,000 for a Caravan with a paintjob?

$2,000 - $3,000 for a ****ing POWER WHEELS TOY???

what has George been smoking?

 

Man that's some major BS!!! Just like reading an ebay auction......there's a ****er born every minute!

 

i call dibs on the Jim Noteboom Riviera!

i bet it fetches much more than the estimated 20-30g, i bet more like 50.

 

Man if I had 36k-46k to blow, I would be all over the real Christen.

 

Shortbull. the car on fire is not a 'hardtop'. It is a sedan. Also, the first picture--in the movie, there was no front bumper. I saw the movie in San Angelo Texas when it came out.

 

Many Old Cars, take a closer look at the burn car. It has been disquised as a post car using a fake pillar made of wood.

 

I'd have the Starsky & Hutch car, grew up loving that show.

And if it was the white version of 'Greased Lightning' that would be cool too. But actually customising a car using the lyrics of a song written by someone with absolutely NO idea is a recipe for disaster.

Probably why you only ever saw 5% of the car right at the end of the movie.

 

Looks like a roll bar......

Whatever the case, some ****er is gonna take it in the caboose when they buy that car.

 

Dibs on Dragula, K.I.T.T black beauty and of course...the general lee!

 

check the picture in that listing, it's of a '79, and notice that the one listed has NO CONNECTION to the movie. what a load of ****! as someone wiser than me said, "The innocent shall suffer, big time..."

 

also note, Dragula = 're-creation', lots of that kind of stuff in this auction

 

I know you guys were all drooling over the Fast and Furious cars. But, I myself want the collection of Seuss cars. Especially the Whoville Public Works one. There is no finer custom I can imagine. But I'd have to bag it.

 

I wondered why Barris kept referring to the Movie "Fast and the Furious" in the MFS DVD.............light on!

 

You'd hafta fight me for it. Can I at least smell the p***. seat?

 

"This black Trans Am, although not used in the feature film, was designed to replicate the Pontiac Trans Am from Smokey & the Bandit as a test car and personal stunt car by Barris."

"The Trans Am is the most recognizable car from the film, with which this example is ***ociated."


again, WTF does this car have to do with the movie? answer: absolutely nothing, it's just a T/A being (slightly) misrepresented as a 'movie' car. the picture in the listing is a production still from SATB-II and a Turbo T/A to boot.

 

George is surely a shrewd guy, and it was probably a smart investment strategy for him to acquire a bunch of movie and TV cars.

It's kinda sad to me, though, that my one-time-hero sells a collection of 70 cars, and there is NOT ONE that I would have any interest in owning.

Whatever became of the Barris-built Dodge roadster on the cover of Hop Up #1?

 

Not even the Mercury?